Lajes Field

E329629

airport military air base

Lajes Field is a strategically important military airbase and airport located on Terceira Island in the Azores, Portugal, used by both Portuguese and U.S. forces.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lajes Field canonical	7
Lajes Air Base	4
Air Base No. 4 Lajes	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	airport ⓘ military air base ⓘ
allianceContext	NATO–U.S.–Portugal defense cooperation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Base Aérea das Lajes ⓘ Lajes Field ⓘ surface form: Lajes Air Base
controlledBy	Portugal ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Republic
country	Portugal ⓘ
garrison	Portuguese Air Force ⓘ United States Air Force 65th Air Base Group ⓘ
hasCapability	air refueling support ⓘ cargo and troop transit ⓘ maritime patrol support ⓘ search and rescue support ⓘ
hasCivilTerminal	Lajes Airport passenger terminal ⓘ
hasFunction	civilian passenger flights ⓘ emergency landing site for transatlantic flights ⓘ military aviation operations ⓘ
hasIATACode	TER ⓘ
hasICAOCode	LPLA ⓘ
hasRunwaySurface	asphalt ⓘ
hasRunwayType	long-range jet-capable runway ⓘ
hasStrategicImportanceFor	NATO operations in the Atlantic ⓘ Portugal ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hosts	Portuguese military units ⓘ U.S. military units ⓘ
locatedIn	Azores ⓘ Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean Terceira Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyCity	Angra do Heroísmo ⓘ Praia da Vitória ⓘ
operatedBy	Portuguese Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Base Aérea das Lajes ⓘ surface form: Portuguese Air Force Base No. 4
region	Azores ⓘ surface form: Autonomous Region of the Azores
strategicRole	logistics hub for North Atlantic operations ⓘ refueling stop for military aircraft ⓘ transatlantic air bridge ⓘ
timezone	Azores Time ⓘ
usedBy	NATO ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense civilian airlines ⓘ
usedDuring	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ surface form: Afghanistan War Cold War ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lajes Airport → alsoKnownAs → Lajes Field ⓘ

Portuguese Air Force → garrison → Lajes Field ⓘ

this entity surface form: Air Base No. 4 Lajes

Terceira Island → hasMilitaryBase → Lajes Field ⓘ

Portugal–United States relations → hasMilitaryCooperationAt → Lajes Field ⓘ

Portugal–United States relations → hasMilitaryBaseUsedByUnitedStates → Lajes Field ⓘ

TER → alsoKnownAs → Lajes Field ⓘ

subject surface form: Lajes Airport

TER → partOf → Lajes Field ⓘ

subject surface form: Lajes Airport

this entity surface form: Lajes Air Base

LPLA → associatedWith → Lajes Field ⓘ

LPLA → hasAlternateName → Lajes Field ⓘ

Lajes Field → alsoKnownAs → Lajes Field ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lajes Air Base

Praia da Vitória → locatedNear → Lajes Field ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lajes Air Base

Port of Praia da Vitória → near → Lajes Field ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lajes Air Base